Global burden of cancer attributable to high body-mass index in 2012: a population-based study

Arnold, Melina; Pandeya, Nirmala; Byrnes, Graham; G. Renehan, Andrew; A Stevens, Gretchen; Ezzati, Majid; Ferlay, Jacques; Jaime Miranda, J.; Romieu, Isabelle; Dikshit, Rajesh; Forman, David; Soerjomataram, Isabelle

doi:10.1016/s1470-2045(14)71123-4

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Global burden of cancer attributable to high body-mass index in 2012: a population-based study

Published in The Lancet Oncology • Nov 25, 2014

Authors:

Melina Arnold

Nirmala Pandeya

Graham Byrnes

Abstract

BACKGROUND: High body-mass index (BMI; defined as 25 kg/m(2) or greater) is associated with increased risk of cancer. To inform public health policy and future research, we estimated the global burden of cancer attributable to high BMI in 2012. METHODS: In this population-based study, we derived pop...

Subject

Medicine

Body mass index

Attributable risk

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